| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 30038 Price realized: 3,600 USD (Approx. 3,282 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 377-326 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.54 gm, 1h). NGC Choice XF★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing pendant earring and triple-crested Attic helmet / Head of Hermes right, wearing causia draped behind neck, within linear square. Bodenstedt 86. HGC 6, 1012. SNG Copenhagen 319. This piece features a well-centered strike that shows off the artist's talent in portraiture, of Athena in all her glory, with her three clear crests and windswept hair, along with the handsome Hermes in profile. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex B. G. Collection (Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 114, 13 May 2020), lot 264; Numismatik Naumann, Auction 62 (2 April 2018), lot 223. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-lesbos-mytilene-ca-377-326-bc-el-sixth-stater-or-hecte-10mm-254-gm-1h-ngc-choice-xfand-9733-5-5-/a/3113-30038.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 2000-4000 USD |  |
